No truth to claims of ambulance not having enough gas to transport patient to MCMH – MOH

The Ministry of Health has denied reports on social media that there was no gas for the ambulance to take man who was shot from Chateaubeair Smart Hospital to Kingstown.

The ministry said in a statement that it “…would like to inform the general public” that this “is far from the truth”.

In the statement the ministry said “based on preliminary investigation [it] conducted… it is confirmed that the ambulance in question had sufficient gasoline to transport the patient to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital”.

However, the Ministry said it is conducting further investigation into the matter to ascertain the reason why the patient was not transported to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital with the Ambulance stationed at the Chateaubelair Smart Hospital. “The Ministry regrets any inconvenience caused as a result of this incident,” the statement concluded.